Newcastle United confirm first summer signing amid Renan Lodi speculation

Newcastle United have introduced the £15m everlasting seize of Aston Villa’s Matthew Targett following a profitable mortgage spell for the second half of the marketing campaign.

The Magpies loved a powerful finish to the season, with Targett making 16 appearances for Eddie Howe’s facet throughout that point as they climbed into the highest half of the desk, after being within the relegation zone at Christmas.

And, in an try to strengthen their squad over the summer season, Eddie Howe has made Targett his first addition as he seems to be to push for European soccer subsequent marketing campaign. Extra are anticipated to observe, with hypothesis persevering with to hyperlink the Tyneside outfit with one other left again within the type of Atletico Madrid’s Renan Lodi.

Aston Villa can affirm that @MattyTargett has accomplished a everlasting transfer to Newcastle United for a price of £15m.

We want to want Matt all the perfect within the subsequent part of his profession.

— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) June 8, 2022

They’re additionally anticipated so as to add a striker, centre again and central midfielder, whereas they’ve been linked with a goalkeeper within the form of Dean Henderson too.

What Targett mentioned

Talking to the media following his accomplished transfer, Targett spoke how simple the choice was to make and his happiness to pen his future in Newcastle.

“I’m completely delighted to signal a four-year contract with this membership,”, the Englishman mentioned. “For me, it was a simple resolution to make the mortgage everlasting after the welcome I had from my fellow gamers, the workers, the supporters and the homeowners so I’m actually blissful to be right here.”

In the meantime, Eddie Howe added: “Matt had a incredible affect after becoming a member of on mortgage in January and made an enormous contribution to some glorious group performances.

“He is a good lad and a prime skilled who undoubtedly makes us stronger so I’m delighted he sees his future right here.”

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Premier League desk

#	Group	MP	D	P
1	Manchester Metropolis	38	73	93
2	Liverpool FC	38	68	92
3	Chelsea FC	38	43	74
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	29	71
5	Arsenal FC	38	13	69
6	Manchester United	38	0	58
7	West Ham United	38	9	56
8	Leicester Metropolis	38	3	52
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	-2	51
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	-5	51
11	Newcastle United	38	-18	49
12	Crystal Palace	38	4	48
13	Brentford FC	38	-8	46
14	Aston Villa	38	-2	45
15	Southampton FC	38	-24	40
16	Everton FC	38	-23	39
17	Leeds United	38	-37	38
18	Burnley FC	38	-19	35
19	Watford FC	38	-43	23
20	Norwich Metropolis	38	-61	22

Participant	Group	Targets
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	23
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	23
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	17
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester Metropolis	15
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester Metropolis	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester Metropolis	11
Richarlison	Everton FC	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich Metropolis	11
Raphinha	Leeds United	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11

Participant	Group	Pink Playing cards	Yellow Playing cards
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	11
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	10
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	11
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	9
Rudiger, Antonio	Chelsea FC	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7

Participant	Group	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester Metropolis	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	10
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	9
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester Metropolis	9
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester Metropolis	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6